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This paper describes an acousto-optic (AO) processor that offers a small, lightweight solution to detecting and analyzing wide-bandwidth, spread-spectrum signals. The processor is being developed for insertion into an existing electronic support measure (ESM) test-bed. The correlator will have a processing bandwidth of 500 MHz and will be used to detect direct- sequence phase modulated (PM) signals, frequency-hopped signals, chirps, and impulse signals. An in-line AO correlator is the heart of the processor and is used for detecting wideband activity. Subsequent digital processing, including Fourier transformation, will be used to determine center frequencies, bandwidths, and band shape. Theoretical operation of the correlator is discussed along with descriptions of the radio frequency (RF) interfaces and digital post-processing.© (1992) COPYRIGHT SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only. |
